Rice University is one of America’s private research universities and is located in Houston, Texas, the 4th largest and most diverse city in the United States. Rice is situated between the largest medical center in the world, the Texas Medical Center, and one of the best museum districts in the country.
Spread over an area of 300 forestry acres, Rice University is renowned for its campus beauty and has been named as a “Tree Campus USA” by the Arbor Day Foundation, for taking. Rice’s first class of students matriculated in 1912.
Rice University has programs of study in the following schools: School of Architecture, Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, George R. Brown School of Engineering, School of Humanities, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business, The Shepherd School of Music, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, and School of Social Sciences. Rice University also has a number of other interdisciplinary academic programs.
At Rice University, graduate study is offered in two broad categories: Research-based programs leading to the M.A., M.S., and various doctoral degrees, and Professional master’s programs which provide advanced course work and lead to degrees in specific disciplines.
Many research-based Master of Science degrees are offered as a part of the Ph.D. program. No standalone degree is offered, but students earn the M.S. on the way to the Ph.D. Doctoral programs at Rice are fully-funded and offer a generous stipend to support cost of living. Doctoral programs train students to be the worldwide authority on a subject.
Professional Master’s programs are tuition-based and are designed to give students a competitive edge in industry, government, or law in as little as 1-2 years.
The university includes a weight and cardio area, multipurpose rooms, an indoor gymnasium, an aquatics center, outdoor basketball courts, table tennis and billiards areas, and a racquetball and squash court. In this university, there are a number of sports clubs. Some of the intramural sports organized in this university are badminton, basketball, floor hockey, racquetball, soccer, softball, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.
Rice University has a number of notable alumni former Mayor of Houston Annise Parker, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker, Nobel Prize winners Richard Smalley and Robert Curl, and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Master of Computer Science
- Duration - 1.5 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Mechanical Engineering
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Space Studies
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Masters of Business Administration
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Materials Science and NanoEngineering
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Finance
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Computer Science
- Duration - 4-6 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Industrial Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Chemical Engineering
- Duration - 1 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Marketing
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Architecture
- Duration - 2.5-3.5 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 24.2 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Mathematics
- Duration - 4-5 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Materials Science and Nanoengineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Energy Economics
- Duration - 12 Months
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 42.5 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Electrical Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Health Care
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - SAT : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master in Computational Science and Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Ph.D. in Business
- Duration - 4-5 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Accounting
- Duration - 10 Months
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 40.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
B.S. Civil Engineering
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - SAT : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Environmental Analysis
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Operations Management
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Applied Physics
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Materials Science and NanoEngineering
- Duration - 5 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Ph.D. in Chemistry
- Duration - 4-6 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Statistics
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Global Affairs
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 28.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Mechanical Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Energy
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Bioscience and Health Policy
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Duration - 2-4 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Physics
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Human-Computer Interaction and Human Factors
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 25.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Strategic Management
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Statistics
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Subsurface Geoscience
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 0 (1st Year Tuition Fees)
MS in Applied Chemical Sciences
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 28 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Real Estate
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Entrepreneurship
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Systems, Synthetic and Physical Biology
- Duration - 4 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Chemical Engineering
- Duration - 4-5 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Bioengineering
- Duration - 4-6 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
- Duration - 5 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Ph.D. in Economics
- Duration - 5 Years
- Exams Accepted - GRE : Accepted, IELTS : 7
- Fees - INR 36.8 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation
- Duration - 1 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Master of Bioengineering in Applied Bioengineering
- Duration - 1.5-2 Years
- Exams Accepted - IELTS : 7, TOEFL : 90
- Fees - INR 37.7 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Full-Time MBA in Accounting
- Duration - 2 Years
- Exams Accepted - GMAT : Accepted, GRE : Accepted
- Fees - INR 44.6 Lakh (1st Year Tuition Fees)
Entry Criteria
Courses | Exams |
---|---|
MS - 23 Courses | GRE - Accepted IELTS - 7 & Above TOEFL - 90 & Above |
BE/Btech - 2 Courses | SAT - Accepted IELTS - 7 & Above TOEFL - 100 & Above |
MIM - 2 Courses | GRE - Accepted IELTS - 7 & Above TOEFL - 90 & Above |
MBA - 10 Courses | GMAT - Accepted GRE - Accepted IELTS - 7 & Above |
MArch - 1 Course | GRE - Accepted IELTS - 7 & Above TOEFL - 100 & Above |
Other Courses - 17 Courses | IELTS - 7 & Above TOEFL - 90 & Above GRE - Accepted |
Admission Requirement
Documents | SOP - Needed for few courses LOR - Needed for few courses Essays - Needed for few courses CV - Needed for few courses Additional documents - Required |
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Application fees | USD 40 - 200 |
Type of deadline | Depends on course |
Intake Season & Deadlines | Fall - 16ᵗʰ Oct 2020 - 7ᵗʰ May 2021 Spring - 1ˢᵗ Oct 2020 - 15ᵗʰ Sep 2021 |
Approximate Fees
Courses | Duration | Tuition Fees |
---|---|---|
MS - 23 Courses | 12 - 24 Months | INR 0 - 37.7L USD 0 - 51,500 |
BE/Btech - 2 Courses | 4 Years | INR 36.8L USD 50,310 |
MIM - 2 Courses | 0.8 - 1 Year | INR 40.7L - 42.5L USD 55,625 - 58,000 |
MBA - 10 Courses | 24 Months | INR 44.6L USD 60,940 |
MArch - 1 Course | 2.5 - 3.5 Years | INR 24.2L USD 33,000 |
Other Courses - 17 Courses | 2 - 6 Years | INR 28.6L - 36.8L USD 39,000 - 50,310 |